HCI Seminar 357

Day 13 Notes

11/19/03

 

Note: monkey mind control of joystick story on News Hour last night

 

One minute summaries

Main Point

See blog

Question

 

  1. Update on RB+ (about half are up at squash.ils.unc.edu/rave/examples.html)
    1. Descriptions, some still not working

 

  1. Designing Help.
    1. Content:  key concepts, terminology, organization, examples
    2. People: learning principles, styles, differences (e.g., experience, language)
    3. Technology: supporting individuals, providing demos

 

Last year’s seminar work:  http://ils.unc.edu/hci_projects/portal_help/

 

Govstat project: glossary:  Jesse shows examples

 

  1. Discuss videos:  see also Computer article on wearables/body LANs for next week
    1. The interface gets personal

  

4. Readings/viewings for next meeting:

Ubiquitous (calm) computing: read Weiser & Brown http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/calmtech/calmtech.htm

Location aware devices: Want & Schilit http://seattleweb.intel-research.net/people/schilit/Want-Computer-2001.pdf

Aesthetics: Norman (ACM DL)

 

 5. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?